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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Woodcut of Christ kneeling in prayer under an angel, with three sleeping disciples and armed men approaching at left.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves beside him, mourning women kneeling and armored soldiers on horseb

The Crucifixion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1502

Pen and wash drawing of a harbor with a large sailing ship, a stone tower, and two seated figures on the quay beneath clouds.

Framed Port scene with two figures

Dominique Barrière

Engraving of a nude woman holding a sleeping baby beside a stag and deer in a wooded landscape with rocks and trees.

The Penance of Saint John Chrisostom

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Engraving of a haloed bearded figure above cherubs and clouds, with a kneeling man holding a book in the lower right.

Frederick the Wise of Saxony Adoring St Bartholomew

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1508-9

Engraving of a crowd before a column and portico, with a figure hoisted in a basket up a castle tower in the background.

The Poet Virgil in a Basket

Lucas van Leyden, 1525

Woodcut of Saint Peter with a large key and haloed head, framed by a leafy garland, in tan and ochre tones.

Saint Peter

Lucas van Leyden, 1515

Engraved portrait of a man in a wide hat and ornate chained robe, before a stone arch with a cherub above.

Maximilian I

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Engraving of a man hoisted in a basket above a crowd in a city street, with towers and onlookers.

The Poet Virgil in a Basket

Lucas van Leyden, 1512

Woodcut of the Holy Family beside a tiered fountain in a Gothic vaulted hall, with putti and a figure at left.

Holy Family at a Fountain

Albrecht Altdorfer

Woodcut of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist under a stone arch, with onlookers, a church spire and a cloudy sky.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1512

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a cap and pleated collar, turned left, with horizontal hatched background.

Leonhart von Eck

Barthel Beham, 1527

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed garment, with a chain and pleated collar.

Leonard von Eckh

Barthel Beham, 1527

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Self-Portrait at Age Thirty-Five

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1537

Engraving of the Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ beside a tree, with a hanging monogram tablet in the upper right.

The Virgin and Child Seated at the Foot of a Tree

Jan Gossaert, 1522

Red chalk drawing of two small standing figures on a circular base, one helmeted, with a handwritten inscription below.

Etruscan Candelabrum Finial (from Cassiano dal Pozzo's 'Paper Museum')

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1620-40

Engraving of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child in an ornate architectural interior with an ox and a basket.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Dirck Vellert, 1526

Print of nude figures struggling in a flood beside a boat, ruined classical buildings, and a distant town.

The Deluge

Jan van Scorel, ca. 1524

Girl with a Cat

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, 1546

Engraving of a soldier in puffed dress leaning against a tree with a sword and staff, grass at lower left, dated 1520.

Bending Soldier Leaning against a Tree

Barthel Beham, 1520

Engraving of a veiled woman leaning on a column in an arched temple interior, with figures and scattered coins behind her.

The Virgin Searching For Her Son in the Temple

Albrecht Altdorfer

Etching of a turbaned man and a woman pointing toward a statue in a gothic arched interior with a small altar.

Solomon's Idolatry

Albrecht Altdorfer

Engraved dagger sheath design with an armored standing man above a panel of dense acanthus scrollwork.

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Pen drawing of two men in an arched interior, one seated at a table and one bearded man leaning in and pointing.

Ammon and Jonadab

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Engraving of two men in an interior, one leaning on a staff beside a bed where another reclines, with a Latin inscription abo

Amnon and Jonadab, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Woodcut of a skeleton playing a pipe while leading a startled abbot in a hooded robe beneath a tree with an hourglass.

The Abbot, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton handing a flask to a seated physician while a cloaked figure with a cane waits nearby.

The Doctor (or Physician), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton in a feathered hat fighting an armored knight with swords, a broken hourglass on the ground.

The Knight, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a noblewoman and gentleman dancing with a skeleton beside an hourglass, in front of draped curtains.

The Noblewoman, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton guiding a horse-drawn plough while a peasant pushes it across a field toward a village and rising sun.

The Peasant (or Ploughman), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538